Our Biggest Blessings

I thought I'd update a little on how our babIES are doing.  It's so different using plural form now when referring to our kidS. 

Anelia is now almost 2 and a half.  She continues to be such a joy.  She really isn't so terrible aside from when she's hungry or sleepy.  Everyday I find myself so grateful for her bright presence in my life.  My days would be so dull without her sweet spirit. 

Everyday is different with her, learning wise.  She knows her ABC's and how to count to 16.  She can also count backwards from 10.  She's got her colors down quite well.  She gets really excited when we're out and I ask her what color something is and she knows it.  She also has been speaking in short sentences and putting more words together correctly.  One thing that she just recently started doing is folding her arms while I say prayer.  She would always sit quietly when we'd pray but now she's starting to really get the idea.  It may not seem like much, but prayer is something that has always been a HUGE part of my life.  To have her share the experience a little bit more by folding her arms means a lot to me.  We're so proud of her and each time she does something new it's a little reassurance that we are doing a pretty good job as her parents.

We're hoping to start potty training her by April.  She's now starting to let me know when she's used the bathroom in her diaper.  It's actually pretty hilarious, she'll come to me and say "I poo, ew tinky!"  With the move she's been sleeping in our room every night.  I'm hoping to change this throughout March.  I don't want to overwhelm her with too much at one time.  Slow steady is the pace!

I'm starting to get my energy back and am feeling a little less nauseous.  My morning sickness has now turned into occasional "before bed" sickness.  Got to love it!  I am very thankful that I've got my energy back though.  I was finally able to somewhat organize and clean my house yesterday since we moved in.  Don't get me wrong, my house hasn't been a catastrophe, mostly thanks to my mother-in-law, who would come over and do some cleaning and dishes just out of the goodness of her heart.  She really is the best!  Anyways, I was able to organize my cabinets to my liking and do some laundry.  I have a lot to do still but with my energy level rising I can take care of things.

Our little baby has now hit 12 weeks and 2 days and is the size of a lime.  They say with your second pregnancy you are more likely to feel the baby move earlier on.  I'm almost positive that the last few days I've been feeling a little bit of movement when laying down.  I'm starting to have more of a bump now.  With Anelia I barely showed at 18 weeks but not this time around, joy!  We find out whether or not we're having a boy or girl on April 9th.  I scheduled an appointment with Miracle In Progress again and I am sooo excited to find out.  April 9th will be here before we know it.  I'm really lost when it comes to whether the baby is a boy or a girl.  I was almost positive that it's a boy but now I find myself second guessing myself. 

Sage and I are doing well.  Our schedules are complete opposites but it makes us treasure the time we have together.  I've been really craving a vacation so hopefully we can plan something before it starts getting too hot.  We'll see...

xo, Ang